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Bodhidharma fell down (children's game similar to Statues or Red Light Green Light)
Colloquial
tomboy; hoyden
(hurrying along) falling and stumbling; falling all over oneself
barely keeping a business going (analogy that a bicycle falls over when its wheels cease rotating)
Idiomatic expression
to turn misfortune into fortune (esp. through one's own efforts); to turn the potential disaster to one's advantage
Proverb
all's grist that comes to his mill; turn everything to good account; turn anything to profit
Proverb
prevention is better than cure; an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure; look before you leap; forewarned is forearmed; a stitch in time saves nine; a walking stick before stumbling
mutability (of worldly affairs); fleeting shifts and changes (of human life)
